KWANGTUNG REDUCES WATER TRANSPORT RATES FOR WOLFRAM ORE, TIN; SHIPS WOLFRAM ORE TO USSR

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400453-4
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August 25, 2011
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453
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July 24, 1951
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/25: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400453-4 CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD PLO. COUNTRY China , USSR DATE OF iNFOR~?1ATION 1951 SUBJECT Economic -Nonferrous metals, wolfram, tin DATE PUBLISHED 16 Apr, 2y May 1951 THIS DOCU NEXT CONTAINS IX FOR YA710N Ati[[TINB TN[ NATIONAL D[Fl NB[ Of THE Uxli[D STATES WITHIN TX! Y[A NINO Oi [S PIO NAOE ACT BO U. 3 C.. ]I ANO S[. AS AY ENO[D. ITS TRANSMISSION OR TN[ P[V [CATION N IB ITEO BT TLAWS I R[PRODU[TION OF THIS FORTH /SI PRONI Bpt[D. IS PRO DATE DIST. ~ y Jul 1951 N0. OF PAGES 1 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT N0. KWANGTUNG REDUCES WATER TRANSPORT RATES FOR WOLFRAM ORE, TIN- SSIPS WOLFRAM ORE TO USSR HALVES RATES FOR WOLFRAM ORE, TIN -- Canton, Nan-Pang Jib-pao, 29 May 51 In recognition of the essential nature of wolfram ore and pure ti.n as in- dustrial raw materials and as material= vital to the structure of national de- fense, the Kwangtung Inland Waterways Control Bureau has reduced the transport rates on these two materials in the hope that lower ;.oats will stimulate ship- ping and market_ng in greater quantity. The: new rates, affective as of 29 May 1950, represent a 50-percent reduction from the original table of shipping charges, as follows; ate R Formc:r Ne w Rate _ _ ( y u a n p e r q u i n t a l. Tin (raeegory 4) 59,800 29 ,900 Wolfram ore (category 8) 32,500 16 ,j00 The bureau will also conduct another study of shipping rates on Kwangtung waterways in preparation for further adjustments, KWANGTUNG, KWANGSI SHJP 5,000 TONS OF WOLFRAM ORE TO USSR -- IIong Kong, Kung- shang Jih-pao, 16 Apr 51 Taihoku, 15 April (Reuters) -- According to KM'P seurcea, the USSR hae taken over the vast, rich wolfram reserves of Kwangtung and Kwangai provinces,, to supply her munitions industry. During the past 6 months, 5,000 tons of wolfram ore have been shipped to the USSR. [ CLASSIFICATION NAVY i ~ NSRH CONFIDENTIAL Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/25: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400453-4